6/4/2025 6:39:41 PM L'eggo My Rights: Parody or Trademark Violation? By Nate Garhart In another in a long line of trademark imitation cases, Kellogg North America Co. LLC has filed a trademark and trade dress infringement...
6/4/2025 6:05:17 PM Trump’s Copyright Purge Leaves Creators in Legal Limbo By Nate Garhart A political shake-up at the U.S. Copyright Office has triggered operational chaos and legal uncertainty, leaving creators and copyright...
6/4/2025 5:53:48 PM EPA Continues Reassessment of its 2024 Designation of PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances By Sarah Bell Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman The EPA is continuing to reevaluate whether to change its position regarding the Biden administration’s 2024 listing of PFOA and PFOS as...
6/3/2025 9:32:07 PM What's In a Name?: The Legal Landscape of Choosing Surnames as Trademarks By Nate Garhart As noted in the linked article, many iconic brands, including Ford, Harley-Davidson, and JC Penney (yes, he was real), bear the surnames...
6/2/2025 6:29:19 PM Prop 65: The approaching warning deadline for vinyl acetate By Chris Rendall-Jackson On January 3, 2025, vinyl acetate was added to the Prop 65 list as a carcinogen. Vinyl acetate is a synthetic chemical, and a colorless...
5/30/2025 11:43:17 PM Fair Use and Generative AI: Who Bears the Burden on Market Harm? By Nate Garhart Whether using copyrighted works to train generative AI models qualifies as fair use is one of the most pressing questions in contemporary...
5/30/2025 11:38:35 PM Carranza Decision Warns of Dangers in Responding to Employee Harassment Allegations By Ryan Wessels When valuing civil claims in employment lawsuits, many attorneys start by calculating economic damages. This is a reasonable starting...
5/29/2025 7:13:36 PM Influencer Trade Dress: The Battle of the Beige By Nate Garhart A recent settlement between social media influencers ended a dispute that could have tested an issue at the outer edges of intellectual...
5/29/2025 6:46:22 PM Turbulent Tariff Tempest Continues... By Jeff Hamilton Imagine being a wine importer trying to lock in summer rosé allocations right now. While the ruling offers a glimmer of hope, the...
5/28/2025 7:14:15 PM Click To It: Enforcement of FTC's Click-to-Cancel Rule to Begin on July 14 By Nate Garhart On July 14, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will begin enforcing its new “Click-to-Cancel” rule, designed to make it easier for...
5/27/2025 6:02:39 PM Lawyers Aren't the Only Ones Falling Into the AI-Hallucination Trap By Nate Garhart The journalism industry has long expressed concern about losing jobs to AI—and with good reason. Much of the content circulating online...
5/23/2025 6:12:27 PM Pirated Data and Fair Use: A Fault Line in the AI Copyright Wars By Nate Garhart A notable moment in the ongoing litigation over the use of copyrighted materials as AI training data emerged this week when U.S. District...